Be-you-tiful! just like you! 🙂 And BTW…if you dreamt of snakes last night, that indicates you are about to shed the skin of an old pattern/life and emerge into a new form and Light. It is a good sign! Even if you don’t like snakes. 😛 Blessings!

I studied the Native American way when I lived in New Mexico for a time…they believe deeply in the messages of Mother Earth’s animals. If you are interested, there is a terrific set of medicine (tarot) cards called “The Discovery of Power Through The Ways of Animals” by Jamie Sams. It has some wonderful stories and insights since animals cross our paths every day or show up in our dreams. Oh and…the bigger the snake, the bigger the transformation so…well done you! Blessings!

Yes! I expect “wildfire” might trigger bad memories in the drought-suffering California hills, but I am reclaiming the word for nature, which has more than one use for drought apparently. Who would have thought a super bloom would be the result?

Y’know … I take every bit as much joy from the dandelions and clover, and the tiny little I-don’t-know-what-they-are-called wildflowers each spring as I do the carefully planted rows of roses and hyacinths. I just love to see colour dotting the landscape after a dark, brown, dull winter. Love your pic!

I used to live very close to all the poppies. The thing I remember most about that time was that when the poppies were blooming baby rattlesnakes came out. I had small children at the time and lived in fear. The baby rattlers don’t have control of their venom and are deadlier than adults. And these were Mojave Greens.

On the other hand, before children we lived near Sacramento where we could visit Daffodil Hill in the spring. It was so beautiful with all the greenery of pine trees.

Well, I don’t think the poppies produce baby snakes, spring is the thing that makes both happen. LOL! We had other snakes, too but most of them were harmless and helped with the rodent population. I had to teach my kids which ones were poisonous and which weren’t. It was an education for ME, too!